General Science Quiz for Railway Group D Exams -Day 14

1. A light –year is a unit of B. Eugene Odum

A. Time C. Ernst Haeckel
B. Intensity of light D. Charles Darwin
C. Distance 4. Which of the following was discovered by
D. Mass Henri Becquerel?
2. Which of the following in the air turns silver A. X-Rays
articles black (when exposed to air) B. Radioactivity
A. Chlorine C. Ultraviolet light
B. Sulphur D. Infrared radiation
C. Nitrogen 5. Which of the following can be used for
D. Carbon purification of water?
3. Who has coined the term ‘ecology’? A. Sodium
A. Eugenius Warming B. Carbon dioxide
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C. Alum 10. Name the plant from which the anti-malarial

D. Nitrogen drug Quinine is extracted
6. _____is a device by which two different A. Dandelion
photographs of the same object can be viewed B. Basil
together C. Eucalyptus
A. Stethoscope D. Cinchona
B. Stereoscope 11. What is the atomicity of Phosphorous?
C. Spectroscope A. Tetra-atomic
D. Stroboscope B. Poly-atomic
7. _____is a device by which two different C. Monoatomic
photographs of the same object can be viewed D. Diatomic
together 12. Which energy of the wind does a windmill
E. Stethoscope use?
F. Stereoscope A. Thermal energy
G. Spectroscope B. Hydro energy
H. Stroboscope C. Heat energy
8. Where in the body is villi founded? D. Kinetic energy
A. Liver 13. What is oxidization
B. Small intestine A. A substance losing both oxygen and
C. Stomach hydrogen in a chemical reaction
D. Large intestine B. A substance losing oxygen during a
9. Where in the body is villi founded? chemical reaction
E. Liver C. A substance gaining hydrogen during a
F. Small intestine chemical reaction
G. Stomach D. A substance gaining oxygen during a
H. Large intestine chemical reaction

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14. How many times does a GPS satellite circle the D. Reptilla
earth? 18. Which of the following is the least reactive
A. Once every 2 hours element?
B. Once every 12 hours A. Hydrogen
C. Once every 24 hours B. Oxygen
D. Once every 48 hours C. Chlorine
15. What is oxidization D. Neon
E. A substance losing both oxygen and 19. Which of the following is INCORRECT
hydrogen in a chemical reaction regarding a disease and its causative
F. A substance losing oxygen during a organism?
chemical reaction A. AIDS-HIV
G. A substance gaining hydrogen during a B. Cholera-Influenza
chemical reaction C. Malaria-Plasmodium
H. A substance gaining oxygen during a D. TB-Mycobacterium
chemical reaction 20. Which of the following is true regarding CO2?
16. Which part of a plant is responsible for A. It has a white foggy colour and pungent
transporting water from the roots of the plant gas-like smell
to the rest of the plant? B. It is not soluble in water, ethanol and
A. Collenchymas acetone
B. Xylem tissue C. The solid from of CO2 is called dry ice
C. Parenchyma D. It is a linear electrovalent molecule
D. Phloem tissue 21. Which of the following is the edible part of a
17. Which of the following is NOT a vertebrate potato plant?
class? A. Leaf
A. Pisces B. Root
B. Cyclostomata C. Seed
C. Annelida D. Stem

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22. Which of the following chemicals/gases is/are D. 6D

responsible for causing the greenhouse effect? 27. A solution of weak acid and its salt is called
A. Water vapour, O2 and CFC A. Neutral solution
B. NO2,O2 and SO2 B. Buffer solution
C. Water vapour,CO2 and CFCs C. Highly acidic solution
D. NO2,Co2 and SO2 D. Basic solution
23. The fungus Puccinia graminis causes 28. Animals often blend in with their
A. Late bligh of potato surroundings for protection.Which of the
B. Black rust in wheat following do that?
C. Red rot of sugarcane A. Cats
D. Ringworm in humans B. Chameleons
24. Which of the following is a malaria parasite? C. Turtles
A. Plasmodium D. Jeroboa
B. E. coli 29. The atomic number of an element is the
C. Salmonella number of _____in the nucleus of each atom of
that element
D. Mycobacterium
A. Protons
25. Which of the following is not a beneficial B. Mesons
insect? C. Neutrons
D. Electrons
A. Silk moth
30. Which of the following comes under the
B. Lac insect ‘amphibia’ class of animals?
C. Termite A. Pigeon
B. Turtle
D. Honey bee
C. Toad
26. If a lens has a focal length of 25 cm, what will D. Cat
be the power of that lens? 31. Which of the following is the basic unit of
A. 4D classification of living organisms?
A. Species
B. 2D B. Genus
C. 1D C. Family
D. Order
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32. Which of the following is an example of a C. Beriberi

thermonuclear fusion reaction? D. Loss of vision
A. Both nuclear and hydrogen bombs 37. Electrostatic precipitators are used to
B. Hydrogen bomb control
C. Nuclear bomb A. Noise pollution
D. Nuclear power generation B. Air pollution
33. Which of the following is NOT a non- C. Visual pollution
ferrous metallic mineral? D. Water pollution
A. Mica 38. What is saprotrophic nutrition?
B. Bauxite A. Organism takes food from dead and
C. Copper decaying matter
D. Lead B. Organism depends on other animals and
34. Which branch of Physical Geography is shares nutrition
devoted to the study of landforms, their C. Organism depends on insects for nutrition
evolution and related processes? D. Organism depends on plants for nutrition
A. Soil Geography 39. Which of the following diseases is caused
B. Hydrology by bacteria?
C. Geomorphology A. Diphtheria
D. Climatology B. Chicken pox
35. Insects breathe through C. Mumps
A. Lungs D. Measles
B. Gills 40. What is meant by dental caries?
C. Spiracles A. Whitening of the tooth
D. Skin B. Tooth decay
36. Deficiency of Vitamin C causes C. Inflammation of the tooth
A. Goiter D. Sticking of food particles to the tooth
B. Scurvy
ANSWERS
1. ANS.C.Distance (distance that light travels with
velocity of 3 × 108 m s–1 in 1 year)
• Light year is a unit of length used to
2. ANS.B.Sulphur
express astronomical distances.
• 1 light year = 1 ly= 9.46 × 1015 m • Silver article turns black when kept in

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the air because silver article reacts • Alum is one of the most ancient ways
with sulphur compounds such as to ensure that drinking water is clean.
hydrogen sulphide (H2S) present in A pinch of alum added to water
air. removes the solid impurities.
3. ANS.C.Ernst Haeckel 6. ANS.B. Stereoscope

• Ecology is the study of the The stereoscope is essentially an instrument

relationships of living organisms with in which two photographs of the same object,
the abiotic (physico-chemical factors) taken from slightly different angles, are
and biotic components (other species) simultaneously presented, one to each eye.
of their environment. 7. ANS.B. Stereoscope
• The word ecology was coined by the
The stereoscope is essentially an instrument
German zoologist Ernst Haeckel.
in which two photographs of the same object,
4. ANS.B. Radioactivity
taken from slightly different angles, are
• The phenomenon of radioactivity was simultaneously presented, one to each eye.
discovered by Henri Becquerel. 8. ANS.B.Small intestine
• For his discovery of spontaneous
The inner lining of the small intestine has
radioactivity Becquerel was awarded
numerous finger-like projections called villi
half of the Nobel Prize for Physics in
which increase the surface area for
1903, the other half being given to
absorption. The villi are richly supplied with
Pierre and Marie Curie for their study
blood vessels which take the absorbed food to
of the Becquerel radiation.
each and every cell of the body, where it is
5. ANS.C.Alum
utilised for obtaining energy, building up new

• Alum, also known as potassium tissues and the repair of old tissues.

aluminum sulfate, can be used to 9. ANS.B.Small intestine

purify water.
The inner lining of the small intestine has

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numerous finger-like projections called villi The chemical reaction which involves
which increase the surface area for addition of oxygen or removal of hydrogen or
absorption. The villi are richly supplied with loss of electrons is called oxidation.
blood vessels which take the absorbed food to 14. ANS.B. Once every 12 hours
each and every cell of the body, where it is
GPS satellites fly in medium Earth orbit
utilised for obtaining energy, building up new
(MEO) at an altitude of approximately 20,200
tissues and the repair of old tissues.
km. Each satellite circles the Earth twice a
10. ANS.D.Cinchona
day.
The use of plant-derived drugs for the 15. ANS.D. A substance gaining oxygen
treatment of malaria has a long and successful during a chemical reaction
tradition. The first antimalarial drug was
The chemical reaction which involves
quinine, isolated from the bark of Cinchona
addition of oxygen or removal of hydrogen or
species (Rubiaceae) in 1820.
loss of electrons is called oxidation.
11. ANS.A.Tetra-atomic
16. ANS.B.Xylem tissue
• The number of atoms present in a
• Xylem performs the function of
single molecule is termed as its
conduct of water and minerals
atomicity.
upwards from the roots to the stem
• Atomicity of phosphorus is 4.
and leaves.
• The number of atoms presents in a
• Xylem consists of tracheids, vessels,
molecule of phosphorus is 4 atoms.
xylem parenchyma and xylem fibres.
12. ANS.D. Kinetic energy
17. ANS.C.Annelida
A wind turbine is a device that converts the
VERTEBRATA
wind's kinetic energy into electrical energy.
• These animals have a true vertebral
13.ANS.D. A substance gaining oxygen
column and internal skeleton,
during a chemical reaction
allowing a completely different

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distribution of muscle attachment • Cholera is an infectious disease that

points to be used for movement. causes severe watery diarrhea, which
• Vertebrates are bilaterally can lead to dehydration and even
symmetrical, triploblastic, coelomic death if untreated.
and segmented, with complex • It is caused by eating food or drinking
differentiation of body tissues and water contaminated with a bacterium
organs called Vibrio cholerae.
• Vertebrates are grouped into six 20. ANS.C. The solid from of CO2 is called
classes. dry ice
1. Cyclostomata
Solid carbon dioxide
2. Pisces
• It is stored under high pressure.
3. Amphibia
• Solid CO2 gets converted directly to
4. Reptilia
gaseous state on decrease of pressure
5. Aves
to 1 atmosphere without coming into
6. Mammalia
liquid state. This is the reason that
18. ANS.D.Neon
solid carbon dioxide is also known as
The elements Helium, Neon, Argon, Krypton, dry ice
Xenon and Radon of group 18 in the periodic 21. ANS.D.Stem
table are called as Noble gases or Rare gases.
• The underground stem of the potato is
They are monoatomic gases and do not react
edible part of the plant. The stem of
with other substances easily, due to
potato is also called the tuber.
completely filled subshells. Hence they are
• Stems get modified into underground
called as inert gases. They are found in very
structures for storage of food as seen
small quantities and hence they are called as
in potato (tuber), ginger (rhizome),
rare gases.
garlic (bulb), yam (corm). Presence of
19. ANS.B.Cholera-Influenza
an eye (node) in potato, distinct nodes

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with internodes and scaly leaves in basidiomycetes

ginger/yam, a cluster of roots at the 24. ANS.A.Plasmodium
base of the reduced stem in garlic/
Malaria is caused by the Plasmodium
onion, all indicate that these
parasite. The parasite can be spread to
underground plant parts are modified
humans through the bites of infected
stem.
mosquitoes.
22. ANS.C. Water vapour, CO2 and CFCs
25. ANS.C.Termite
• The greenhouse effect is a naturally
Beneficial insects means those insects that,
occurring phenomenon that is
during their life cycle, are effective
responsible for heating of Earth‘s
pollinators of plants, are parasites or predators
surface and atmosphere. In case
of pests, or are otherwise beneficial.
without greenhouse effect the average
26. ANS.A.4D
temperature at surface of Earth would
have been a chilly –18°C rather than POWER OF LENS
the present average of 15°C. The degree of convergence or divergence of
• The present average temperature of light rays achieved by a lens is expressed in
earth is 15 °C (59F) terms of its power.
• Important Greenhouse gases are Power of a lens is defined as the reciprocal of
1. Water vapor (30-70%), its focal length.
2. Carbon dioxide (9-26%) SI unit of power of a lens is dioptre.
3. Methane P=1/f=1/25 cm=100/25m=4D
4. Nitrous oxide (N2O), 27.ANS.B.Buffer solution
5. Chlorofluorocarbons(CFC)
• The solutions which resist change in
23. ANS.B. Black rust in wheat
pH on dilution or with the addition of
The black rust of wheat disease is caused by small amounts of acid or alkali are
Puccinia graminis. It belongs to the group called Buffer Solutions.

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• A buffer solution contains either a some examples

• Frogs, toads and salamanders are
weak acid and its salt with a strong
some examples.
base or a weak base and its salt with 31. ANS.A.Species
strong acid.
By separating organisms on the basis of a
28. ANS.B. Chameleons hierarchy of characteristics into smaller and
smaller groups, we arrive at the basic unit of
• Camouflage is a phenomenon in classification, which is a ‘species’.
which a animal's body colour merge 32. ANS.B.Hydrogen bomb

or blends with their surroundings. • A hydrogen bomb is based on the

• Chameleons change their skin colours principle of uncontrollable nuclear
fusion.
according to the surroundings. This
• Nuclear fusion is the process by which
protects them from their enemies by two nuclei of light elements combine
developing a protective colouring or to form a heavy nucleus.
camouflage. 33. ANS.A.Mica

29. ANS.A.Protons • Metallic minerals are the sources of

metals. Iron ore, copper, gold produce
• The atomic number (Z) of an element metal and are included in this
is the number of protons in the category.
nucleus of each atom of that element. • Metallic minerals are further divided
• For example, the nucleus of an oxygen into ferrous and non-ferrous metallic
atom contains eight protons and eight minerals.
neutrons. Oxygen's atomic number is, • All those minerals which have iron
therefore, eight. content are ferrous such as iron ore
30. ANS.C.Toad itself and those which do not have iron
content are non-ferrous such as
AMPHIBIA copper, bauxite, etc.
• These animals differ from the fish in 34. ANS.C. Geomorphology
the lack of scales, in having mucus
glands in the skin, and a three- • Geomorphology is devoted to the
chambered heart. Respiration is study of landforms, their evolution
through either gills or lungs. and related processes.
• They lay eggs. These animals are • Climatology encompasses the study of
found both in water and on land. structure of atmosphere and elements
Frogs, toads and salamanders are of weather and climates and climatic
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types and regions. • This mode of nutrition in which

• Hydrology studies the realm of water organisms take in nutrients from dead
over the surface of the earth including and decaying matter is called
oceans, lakes, rivers and other water
saprotrophic nutrition. Such
bodies and its effect on different life
forms including human life and their organisms with saprotrophic mode of
activities. nutrition are called saprotrophs.
• Soil Geography is devoted to study 39. ANS.A.Diphtheria
the processes of soil formation, soil
types, their fertility status, distribution Diseases Caused by
and use. Diphtheria Corynebacterium
35. ANS.C.Spiracles diphtheria (Bacteria)
Measles Morbillivirus (Virus)
36. ANS.B.Scurvy Chicken pox varicella-zoster virus
Mumps Mumps virus
• Vitamin C plays many different roles 40. ANS.B.Tooth decay
in the body. A deficiency in the
vitamin causes widespread symptoms. • The breakdown of teeth by bacterial
• Scurvy is a disease resulting from a infection is known as dental
lack of vitamin C (ascorbic acid). caries or tooth decay.
37. ANS.B.Air pollution
• Tooth decay (dental caries) is damage
• An electrostatic precipitator (ESP) to a tooth that can happen when
removes particles from a gas stream decay-causing bacteria in your mouth
by using electrical energy to charge make acids that attack the tooth’s
particles either positively or surface, or enamel. This can lead to a
negatively. It is the commonly used small hole in a tooth, called a cavity.
device for air pollution control.
38. ANS.A.Organism takes food from dead
and decaying matter

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